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Janm l5 1924.

S. E, PETERS GHBcK FROTBCToR Fed Apri1 5, 1922 Pafented Jao. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFICE.

Chicago, in the county of cook ond btate of IllinoiS, hove invented o oertain neW ond sefI11 IIT1 )roveInent in (heok 1 rotecto1'S, of vV11ioh the follovVing iS o fL111, clear, oon iSo, ond exuct deScri tion, reference belng had to the aocon1 onying drovvingS, formin 1 port of thiS SPeoifiCtion.

he invention re1teS to ohook roteotofs ond riInarily to that ty e Whioh iS oe Signed fo1' a lication and oSSociotion vv1th o fountain pen by being arfanged t oI adjooent one end of the foontain pen borro1 of at one end of the protecting oap vvhich 1S uSuolly rovided to enoloSe ond proteot the pen oint When the latteT iS not in 11Se.

The riIne object of the )reSe 1t inventlon iS to rovide o oonStruotion vvhloh vVill eHi ciontly II111tilate ond SiII1111taneouSly ink the nlutilated aftS of o cheok 01' othel inStru nent So tlat it connoL be Teodily altered it1ot detection, nd to orfonge the ink 25 ing ond TI1tltilating elen1entS in that ortion of the en Whioh heretofo e porformed no function other thon a cloSuro foI' the end of the baffe1 or the oaP of the pen.

It iS an objeot of the invention to 11tilize ^eithef of theSe PortionS-of the fountoin PeI1 ond to oonSt1'llot it vvith o TeoeSS of oa,vity So thot it Inoy oooe tthe vofiouS eleInents entering into fhe oheok protector St1'11ctI11'e and at the soloe tiIno rovide reServoir for the inking IIlote1'iol vv11ioh thuS Sin1 lifieS the Strnoture ond elin1inteS the neceS- Sity of roviding Se orate pan of ooI1- tineI' fo1' the inking n1 tefi1.

It is a. fllrtheI' obiect of the iovention to arTange 3 SL1itoble absorbent Interia1 in the receSS provided in the oap 01' end of the borrel, t11iS abSOfbent being aTfanged vvith reSpect to the Inutiloting rolleI' So thot ink viIl be fed ffoIn the reServoi1' and abSorbeTIt to the Inutilating 1'oller.

It iS an additiono1 objeot to rovide Inllti19dting and inking r01ler, the outting oI' n1util ting SurfooeS of vhioh ore arronged relotively to eooh otheI' So that the iInpfes sion and InntilatioI1 n1ode thefeby vvi11 leave. o port of the Per betWeen the Inutiloted portionin itS origino1 condition nd diS oSed ton angle to the in1pfeSSionS oI' In11-. TheSe S aceS betWeen the tilated poftions.

Tnlltilating suffaceS of the I'olle1 coaot to tion vvith the cC01n onyin arowings in fvhioh the invention iS illllstrated oS SSo ciated vith o fountoln )en oa It is l1I1 -derStood, hovvover, thaf it iS not lin1ite(1 in itS op liootion to thiS articulor ortion of the en oS itIIlay bo oSSooioted on arronged in t e end of the en holder inStead, vvith oIlt de arting froIn the s irit of the 1nven tion aS expressed in the op ended olaiInS fol'ming o ort hereof In tho (111ving iguTe 1 is a oentr1 1ongitudinal Section of a fountoin Pen oo (11'ovVn to an enlorged Scole hving the in vention oP Hed theroto.

Fignro 2 is o to lon vievv of the en(1 of tho oo illI1Str2Lted in 1 ignro 1.

1 igure 3 iS a view Shovving the iIIl )reSSion nmde by the inking and Inutiloting foner. Figl11'e 1 is o vieW of o Sup oftin fromo for fhe nlutilatingand inking rol eI' em )loyed in tho oonstruotion.

In the drvin S, the invention is Shovvn os o plied to o fountoin en oop 10 Tvhioh is nSuolly of o tubu1ar f oI'Ination ond open ot one of itS endS So thot it Inoy be osSed over the o oSite endS of the rotect the en oI' to Sectlfe t e co to the holder dnring the vvriting' o eratioI1 The opPoSite end of the oa iS uSually o10Sed by Solid )ortion. It iS an obieot of the invention fo lov1de thS Solid portion of the oa vith o SI itable oavity 11 vhioh iI1 tho pTeSent oonstruotion iS feotongular iI1 outlino and 111S a. vll vhioh fo1InS tho bot ton1 of tho oovity and Se o oteS the oavity froln tho felnoining tnbuloI' 1)oI'tion of the Ca Whioh aS before Stoto(1 iS deSigne11 to be )oSSed ove1 tho endS of the en holder.

ThiS oavity lovideS a TeSeTvoif, a honS ing foT tho abSorbent Inoteriol 12, the franle 13, and tho nlutiloting and1nking ronor 1, vhioh aTe 2 11 reInovobly Inounted vvithin the cavity 11.. The ortion of the co hoving en holder to 4 tWeen the receding portionS, franle, a Inutilating roller carfied by Said franle, IIleanS for inking Said roller, alSO carried by the fralne, Sid fmme being efII1itted t0 be Inounted in sid receSS and Said Toller having ortion thefeOf eXten(ling beyond the end of the tubular IneInbeT When arranged iI1 Said reCeSS.

6. A fountain en ca having an end Tv11 theTeof pfovided With a recesS for the Te ce tion of T011er having inking and II111- tilating eleInentS, the Xis of id folleI being arranged tfanSveTSely tO the axis of the ca and inking mteTi1 for feeding ink to Said TO11eT.

7. f fountain pen ca hving TeceSS rovided in one end thereof, franle aT- ranged in the fecess, a fOHer having Inuti- 1ting and inking elenlentS, Said rolleI being carried by Sid franle, a portioI1 of Said roner being extended beyond the end of the ca and abSorbent II1teriL1 Tovided in Sid receSS foI' Sup lying ink to said rOHer.

8. 4 fo11ntaiI1 en ca having a TeceSS rovided in oIle end foI the rece)ti0n of frame, nlutilating and inking Toner crried by said fraIne nd in1ing Inaterial arfanged to feed ink fo Said I'Oller, Said fraIne, Toller and inkin Inaterial being e Initted t0 be introduced and removed froIn the receSSaS unit,

In vvitneSS WheTeof, I hereunto subScribe Iny name thi 21st dy of Mrch D. 1922. 

